Land degradation

World Soil Resources and Food Security

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 471-498

  Nachtergaele, Freddy O ^a   Petri, Monica ^a   Biancalani, Riccardo ^a  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

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